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Veolia Environmental Trust backs plan to bring wildcats back from the brink of extinction

Stuart Mitchell

The Veolia Environmental Trust is supporting Wildwood Trust, a native species conservation charity, with £45,000 for an ambitious wildcat conservation project in partnership with Canterbury City Council. Veolia Environmental Trust’s £45,000 grant will expand the Wildwood Trust’s vital breeding facilities, helping to increase wildcats from seven to ten breeding pairs. This will enable the programme to eventually release wildcats into carefully selected habitats from 2027, with the potential to produce kittens annually. The initiative will reintroduce wildcats across the UK, establishing the first population outside Scotland since the 1800s. With…

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Blue Yonder Acquires Pledge, Expanding Its End-to-End Supply Chain Platform With Accredited Carbon Emissions Reporting

Stuart Mitchell

Blue Yonder, the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, today announced it acquired the business of Pledge Earth Technologies Ltd. (“Pledge”), including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). Blue Yonder’s already robust platform will now expand to include globally accredited logistics CO2e emissions reporting that allows customers to monitor their own emissions and those of their trading partners and suppliers.   Pledge provides software solutions to empower enterprise supply chain teams and LSPs to…

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VCMI Launches Scope 3 Action Code of Practice

Stuart Mitchell

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has launched its Scope 3 Action Code of Practice1. The new best-practice framework has been developed to ensure companies continue to take climate action every year, even when their efforts to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions hit barriers2. Corporate scope 3 emissions are not being reduced at the pace or scale needed, with many companies falling behind in meeting climate targets3. Increased action on scope 3 emissions is critical to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, yet the global ‘scope…

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New report: The role of scrap in steel decarbonisation

Stuart Mitchell

A new briefing paper jointly authored by Climate Group’s SteelZero initiative, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), and the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) explores the limits and opportunities of scrap in global steel decarbonisation. Launched at a packed event at the Institution of Structural Engineers, the report was presented by Sameen Khan, Senior Manager for SteelZero, alongside co-authors Will Arnold (IStructE) and Michael Sansom (BCSA). It draws on a broad literature review and offers clear, practical recommendations for policymakers, designers, contractors, and clients in the construction sector. Maximising scrap…

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Inter IKEA Group introduce new Chief Sustainability Officer

Stuart Mitchell

Lena Julle will take on the role as Inter IKEA Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer, effective 1 May, 2025. Lena has been serving as the Acting CSO since September 2024, while also being the Sustainability Manager at IKEA Range, leading and contributing to the development of sustainable products and solutions for IKEA customers around the world to enable healthy, affordable and low-impact everyday life. With over 30 years experience at IKEA, Lena has been instrumental in advancing the IKEA climate, circularity and the overall sustainability agenda. “The IKEA goal – to…

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